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Dealing with fabric upholstery


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Karen P
6/25/2019
8:52:58 AM

Morgellons - Angels answer prayers
Angels answer prayers

To Karen,

Oh what a brilliant idea regarding injecting diatemaceous earth into the pillow or couch.
I will try that.

Have gotten rid of original furniture, but still have small problem.

I had mice in the house, and mites as a result. Had cost me much $$ trying to conquer problem

Thank you for this suggestion!! An incredible answer to prayer.. I will try it!

K.P.


Karen
6/25/2019
8:52:58 AM

Morgellons -

Hi Everybody,

Like most people, I have upholstered pieces of furniture. I was bitten by "something" in 2014, and didn't have Morgellon's symptoms until over a year later, but at the time I was bitten, I did have a problem with my house for several months.

That problem is gone, as far as I know...but for some reason, I do seem to have some kind of reaction to any kind of textile that either doesn't have a slick surface and / or has natural fibers in it. Because of this, I want to make sure I'm super careful when dealing with my furniture.

Over the years, I've collected many antiques, and my absolute favorite of all time is the Duncan Phyfe sofa I inherited from my grandmother. It was in need of new upholstery when I got it, and I waited and looked forever to find just the right fabric. I found it, and had it upholstered several years ago, and have never gotten tired of it. I just love the fabric! I considered having it reupholstered due to my original "something that bit me" that was in my house concern, but...haven't because...one...it doesn't need it...the upholstery still looks brand new...and two because I can't find any new fabric I like. I've hardly even sat upon it at all since getting this disease, but I want to make double / triple / quadruple sure it's ok.

So...what to do? Donna and I have talked often about upholstered furniture. The cushion covers unzip...so those could come off and be soaked in Kleen Green...but what about the insides of the cushions and the rest of the couch? Well...after lots of conversations with Donna and trying to cook up an idea...I came up with an one. I ordered the needed tool from Amazon, and tried out my idea today...and...It WORKED!

Here's the procedure.

1. Order or buy or look around your kitchen for a big old meat injector...the kind with a giant "needle" with a giant hole in the end.

2. Get some food grade diatomaceous earth.

3. Open the top of the injector canister and fill it with the diatomaceous earth. A funnel would really help here.

4. Get your upholstered piece as clean as you can before doing this. The procedure I'm sharing here should be your last step. I tested this out on a throw pillow of the same upholstery as my couch, and it worked, but I'm going to steam clean my couch before actually treating it...and...plan to soak all the cushion covers that can unzip and come off in a big plastic tub filled with Kleen Green water if it won't harm the fabric. I'll actually need to try the soak method on a throw pillow first. Hopefully this soaking thing will work. If it doesn't, then I'll spray the whole thing with Kleen Green after I steam clean it. I'll definitely spray the parts that can't be removed and soaked with Kleen Green as well.

5. Test out your fabric on an area that won't show. As mentioned, I used a throw pillow. I'm including a pic with this to show the fabric. I poked it with the big needle, and push down hard. The diatomaceous earth will shoot out the end of the needle into the upholstered item. The needle is big, so there was a puncture site after I pulled it out...but...I scratched over that little hole with my fingernail a few times and it disappeared.

6. Now that I know this works, I'm going to vacuum...steam clean...treat the fabric with Kleen Green...let it dry...and then inject it full of diatomaceous earth. I kind of beat the pillow a little after injecting to see if any would puff out and it didn't...but I'm going to use food grade anyway. I think if I can go an inch or two under the surface covering all areas, anything microscopic that may have been in there will have to go through that barrier to get out and that will kill it.

Muah HAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Goodbye you horrid little microscopic creatures (if any).

I have the BIG shot needle now...you'd better run for your lives!

Love,

Karen